Portable electronic parking permit tag and a method for using therof
First Claim
1. A portable electronic parking permit tag for vehicles transporting disabled persons and for preventing forgery and abuse of use, comprising:
- a) a casing placeable in a vehicle so that a universal disabled person symbol and parking authorization provided with said casing are visible from around the vehicle;
b) a memory module for storing data regarding the person or persons allowed to activate said tag including name and authorization number, in which all of said stored data is burned into said memory module to prevent forgery and includes biometric information of each of the said person or persons;
c) a biometric identification module for obtaining biometric data of the person trying to activate said tag;
d) at least one display unit for indicating the status of said tag, whether activated or deactivated;
e) a processing unit for comparing said obtained biometric data with said stored data and for triggering the tag status to an activated status if said obtained biometric data and said stored data match;
f) a movement detector for deactivating said tag upon sensing movement of said tag, after being activated, to prevent unlawful usage of said tag;
g) a short-range transmitter for periodically transmitting secured data related to the name and authorization number of the disabled person who activated said tag, wherein said short-range transmitted data is receivable in an unmediated way by a mobile communication device carried by a parking officer and is locally verifiable by said mobile communication device to provide parking authorization of said tag; and
h) a power source for powering said tag.
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Abstract
A portable electronic parking permit tag for vehicles transporting disabled persons, which comprises (a) a memory module for storing data regarding the person(s) allowed to activate the tag, in which the stored data represents at least the personal biometric information of each of the person(s); (b) a biometric identification module for obtaining biometric data of the person trying to activate the tag; (c) a processing unit for operating the tag according to the obtained biometric data; (d) at least one display unit for indicating the status of the tag, whether activated or deactivated; (e) means for deactivating the tag; and (f) means for powering the tag.
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25 Claims
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1. A portable electronic parking permit tag for vehicles transporting disabled persons and for preventing forgery and abuse of use, comprising:
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a) a casing placeable in a vehicle so that a universal disabled person symbol and parking authorization provided with said casing are visible from around the vehicle; b) a memory module for storing data regarding the person or persons allowed to activate said tag including name and authorization number, in which all of said stored data is burned into said memory module to prevent forgery and includes biometric information of each of the said person or persons; c) a biometric identification module for obtaining biometric data of the person trying to activate said tag; d) at least one display unit for indicating the status of said tag, whether activated or deactivated; e) a processing unit for comparing said obtained biometric data with said stored data and for triggering the tag status to an activated status if said obtained biometric data and said stored data match; f) a movement detector for deactivating said tag upon sensing movement of said tag, after being activated, to prevent unlawful usage of said tag; g) a short-range transmitter for periodically transmitting secured data related to the name and authorization number of the disabled person who activated said tag, wherein said short-range transmitted data is receivable in an unmediated way by a mobile communication device carried by a parking officer and is locally verifiable by said mobile communication device to provide parking authorization of said tag; and h) a power source for powering said tag. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 23, 24)
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11. A parking permit method for preventing forging and abuse of a parking tag, comprising:
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a) storing data regarding the person or persons allowed to activate said tag and that is independent of the vehicle identification, in a memory module embedded within said parking tag including name and authorization number, wherein all of said stored data is burned into said memory module to prevent forgery and includes biometric information of each of said person or persons;
said tag is placeable in the vehicle so that a universal disabled person symbol and parking authorization provided on said to are visible from around the vehicle;b) obtaining biometric data of the person trying to activate said tag via a biometric identification module in said parking tag; c) comparing said obtained biometric data with said stored data; d) triggering a tag status to an activated status in said parking tag if said obtained biometric data and said stored data match, wherein said tag is operated via a power source; e) periodically transmitting by said parking tag secured short-range data related to the name and authorization number of the person or persons allowed to activate said tag; f) displaying the status of said tag, whether activated or deactivated; g) receiving in an unmediated way said short-range transmitted data by a mobile communication device of a parking officer and locally verifying parking authorization of said tag; and h) deactivating said tag upon sensing movement of said tag after being activated indicative of completion of a parking session, to prevent unlawful usage of said tag. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25)
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21. A system for verifying authorization to park a vehicle at a space designated for disabled persons, comprising:
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a) a portable electronic parking permit tag for the vehicle transporting disabled persons and for preventing forgery and abuse of use, comprising; i) a casing placeable in the vehicle so that a universal disabled person symbol and a parking authorization provided with said casing are visible from around the vehicle; ii) a memory module for storing data regarding the person or persons allowed to activate said tag including name and authorization number, in which all of said stored data is burned into said memory module to prevent forgery and includes personal biometric information of each of said person or persons; iii) a biometric identification module for obtaining biometric data of the person trying to activate said tag; iv) at least one display unit for indicating the status of said tag, whether activated or deactivated; v) a processing unit for comparing said obtained biometric data with said stored data and for triggering the tag status to an activated status if said obtained biometric data and said stored data match; vi) a movement detector for deactivating said tag upon sensing movement of said tag, after being activated, to prevent unlawful usage of said tag; vii) a short-range transmitter for periodically transmitting secured data related to the name and authorization number of the disabled person who activated said tag; and viii) a power source for powering said tag; and b) a mobile communication device carried by a parking officer, said mobile communication device being configured to verify parking authorization of said tag and comprising a memory device in which is stored a local database of parking authorized disable people, wherein said short-range transmitted data is receivable and locally verifiable in an unmediated way by said mobile communication device. - View Dependent Claims (22)
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